2 dead as grenade explodes inside house in Isabela | Inquirer News

2 dead as grenade explodes inside house in Isabela

By: - Correspondent / @VillVisayaJrINQ
/ 06:52 PM February 02, 2023

A couple died after a hand grenade exploded inside their bedroom in Barangay District 3 here early Thursday (Feb. 2), police said.

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GAMU, Isabela—A couple died after a hand grenade exploded inside their bedroom in Barangay District 3 here early Thursday (Feb. 2), police said.

Maj. Rickson Cabauatan, Gamu police chief, identified the victims as Charles Medrano, 40, a farmer, and his wife Criselda, 43, an elementary teacher.

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Village officials found the bodies of the couple sprawled inside their bedroom after neighbors reported the explosion.

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District village chair Victor Gamayon said the couple had an argument before the incident. It was not clear, however, why the couple had a hand grenade in their possession.

The woman earlier filed a violence against women complaint against her husband.

Police said they were still investigating the incident.

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